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H. C. ATKINSON.

LAMP.-

No. 284,796. Patented Sept. 11, 1883.

INVBNTOR.

WITNESSES ii m5? ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES ATENT LAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,796, dated September 11, 1883.

' Application filed July14, 1883. (No model.)

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im-.-

proved lamp. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view, showing the inside with the oil-guard; and Fig. 4 is a plan of the reflector-blank before bending it into shape to form the reflector.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to lamps adapted for kitchen and general household use, and it consists in the detailed construction of a reflector-lamp of that class, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

' I11 the accompanying drawings, A is the oilreservoir of my improved lamp, which is struck up from sheet metal of circular shape and made slightly tapering, so as to form a large base, B; To the lower rim of this base is secured the semi-cylindrical reflector O, which extends up to some distance above the top of the burner, where it is provided with the reflector-hood D, formed by bending the rounded top part of the blank, which is provided with triangular slots or notches E, down across the middle line, F, and soldering the sides of the notches E together along their edges, thereby causing the reflector-hood to be bent inwardly against the chimney of .the lamp, as will appear more clearly by reference threaded inlet-tube, I, which is closed by a screw-cap, J, of the usual construction. Immediately underneath the inlet-tube is placed the oil-guard K, which consists of a plate soldered on both sides to the top of the reservoir, n

and extending inwardly to the wick, its inner end being narrowed, as shown at L in the detail View, Fig. 3.

In filling the reservoir with oil, this runs back to the wick and then into the reservoir through the narrow part or channel L of the guard, and if in carrying the lamp it should be slightly tilted the oil will, be prevented from entering the inlet-tube by the .oil-guard K, so no oil can leak by capillary action be tween the threaded inlet-tube I and its screwcap J. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- As an improvement in lamps, the oil-reservoir A, having threaded inlet-tube I and screw-cap J, and provided with the oil guard K, fastened to the top of the reservoir, and extending inwardly to and narrowed in the direction of the wick, substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aifixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I HENRY GATE ATKINSON.

Witnesses:

M. J. BETTURWORTH, W. M. GORIN. 

